Morey v. Standard Separator Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — C. A. Dudley, Judge. Action at law to recover compensation for services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff in the employment of defendant. Dismissed on defendant’s motion, because of insufficiency of the service of the original notice. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
1. Process: service on agent: nonresident corporation : original notice. The plaintiff alleges that, in September or October, 1911, he entered into an agreement with the defendant, a corporation organized in New Jersey and having its principal place of business in Wisconsin, to enter the employment of defendant for the sale of cream separators in Iowa and South Dakota, and, for such service, was to receive a specified commission upon his sales. He further alleges that, under such employment or agency, he proceeded to sell said separators, until the commission so earned by him aggregated $588,…
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